WATCH: Dascham Video of Sandra Bland Traffic Stop & Arrest - Heavy.com
New video showing the arrest of Sandra Bland during a traffic stop in Waller County, Texas, has been released by the Texas Department of Public Safety. The trooper’s stop of Bland begins at about the 1:45 mark of the video. Bland, 28, was found dead in a jail cell on July 13, after she was charged with assaulting a Texas state trooper during a traffic stop in Prairie View just days earlier. The trooper, Brian Encinia , has been put on administrative leave after a preliminary investigation found he violated the Texas Department of Public Safety’s traffic stop and courtesy procedures during the stop, which was for an improper lane change. But her family and friends say Bland, who had just made a move from Illinois to Texas to work at her alma mater, Prairie View A&M University, would never have killed herself. Police say Bland was stopped for improperly signaling a lane change on July 12 and was then arrested on the more serious charge of assaulting an officer. In the police report , Encinia says Bland was “combative and uncooperative” after he stopped her Hyundai Azera with Illinois plates at about 4:30 p. m. Encinia says he made “numerous commands” that Bland exit the vehicle to”further conduct a safe... Source: heavy.com
